As Zambia prepares to open its first two PEN-Plus clinics, NCDI Poverty Network Co-Chair Gene Bukhman traveled to Lusaka in mid-May. During his two-day visit, Bukhman met with colleagues from PEN-Plus implementing partner the Center for Infectious Diseases Research in Zambia (CIDRZ) and other stakeholders from the Zambia NCDI Poverty Commission.
Read MoreThe Burkina Faso NCDI Poverty Commission officially launched on 22 April, 2022.
Read MoreMore than 40 leading NCDI policy makers, researchers, care providers, and advocates, including the Minister of Health, His Excellency Dr. Armindo Tiago, and Dr. Orlando António Quilambo, Rector of Universidade Eduardo Mondlane (UEM), convened in Maputo on 27 October for the launch of the Mozambique Co-Secretariat and Southern Africa Regional Hub of the NCDI Poverty Network, which will be based at UEM.
Read MoreThe newly established Nigeria NCDI Poverty Commission is making rapid progress. The Commission was formally launched on 30 March 2021. Just four months later, on 28 July, the Commission held its first technical meeting to review an initial situation analysis.
Read MoreThe Uganda NCDI Poverty Commission launched its final report at a session within the World Health Summit Regional Meeting for Africa in Kampala on June 28. The one-hour virtual event was opened by Commission Co-Chairs Dr. Gerald Mutungi (who served as moderator) and Dr. Isaac Ssinyabulya, who both commended the Commission for its work and emphasized the need to focus increased attention and resources on addressing NCDIs nationally, particularly amidst the latest wave of the COVID-19 pandemic in Uganda and across the African Region.
Read MoreThirty-seven people – including delegations from all seven countries that are joining the NCDI Poverty Network in 2021, as well as representatives from the Network Secretariat and WHO AFRO –– participated in the second Learning Workshop for Phase 1 countries on May 11. The two-hour virtual workshop focused on data sources and analytical approaches for assessing NCDI service coverage and availability.
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